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Originally posted by Timber Loftis:
Too bad, D1, that you decided not to visit. If you get out Chicago way ever, I'll be glad to buy you a beer or four.
BTW, I had to get no less than 4 photo ID's made in London. Everything from ISIC card to underground card. I thought it overly-regulatory, but I didn't complain because I was visiting someone else's land, and even being there was a privilege, not a right.
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It wasn't an easy decision to make. I first visited the US in 1982 and have been there 12 times on holiday.
I do understand why you are doing it at the same time I can't help feeling that I don't wan't to go to a country which makes me feel unwelcome.
The business about your London ID's is extremely misleading. You must have one photo made for your London Transport pass. That photo goes onto your ID and you get to keep it. It isn't kept on file. And you don't HAVE to have one to use the transport system. You can use cash, the photocard allows you to travel cheaply. If LT didn't issue them, travel pass tickets could be passed from person to person. The other ID cards would have been issued in the same manner.
Being in our country is NOT a right but it's NOT a privilege. It's a two way street. When I invite friends to my house I don't feel it's a privilege for them OR a right,it's someway in between. If I go to a shop to spend my money it isn't a privilege.
BTW - I hope to visit Canada next year, including a visit to Lake Erie, I'll gladly share those drinks with you (on the Canadian side of the border of course!)
BTW - if you know anyone who wants to buy a property in Lake Buena Vista FL, really cheap please let me know!
[ 10-04-2004, 09:55 AM: Message edited by: Donut ]